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Soprano Sonja Herranen is among the most promising young Finnish sopranos. Her noble and expansive voice and natural stage presence has already received acclaim in many competitions and on various opera and concert stages.

In spring 2023 she won the Elisabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition in London. Earlier in the same year she was awarded the second prize and the Finnish National Opera Foundation's special prize in the national Lappeenranta Singing Competition. In 2019 she won the second prize in the Savonlinna Opera Festival Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition.

In 2022 Sonja Herranen made a successful debut as the First Lady in The Magic Flute at the Finnish National Opera, where she also sang the role of Third Norn in Götterdämmerung in 2024. In the summer of 2024 she made her debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

Herranen is also a sought-after soloist in the concert field and has recently sung with notable conductors such as Tarmo Peltokoski, James Gaffigan and Ville Matvejeff.

As of season 2024/25, Sonja Herranen is a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, where she will be on stage in various productions and concerts, including the new production of Nabucco /Anna (Emma Dante/Bertrand de Billy and alongside Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Mika Kares), Die Frau ohne Schatten /Dienerin, Kinderstimme, Hüter der Schwelle, Falke (Claus Guth/Constantin Trinks and alongside Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund), Parsifal /Flower maiden (Dmitri Tcherniakov/Philippe Jordan and alongside Andreas Schager, René Pape, Elīna Garanča), and the new opera studio production of Der Freischütz /Agathe.
In addition, she will make her debut as Liù in Turandot at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and can be heard in concerts in Berlin and throughout Finland.

Sonja Herranen has studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with soprano Heli Veskus, and privately with Dale Fundling.

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Full house for the festive season - Parsifal at the Staatsoper

Tcherniakov's Parsifal is once again on the programme at this year's Staatsoper Unter den Linden festivities - this time 4 BOM artists are taking part, which we are delighted about.
Under the direction of Philippe Jordan, Andreas Schager and Tómas Tómasson will be on stage from April 12th as Parsifal and Klingsor - both of whom already appeared in the premiere cast in 2015 with sensational success. They are joined by Johan Krogius as the First Knight of the Grail and Sonja Herranen as the Flower Maiden. Audiences have already been able to experience them in major roles this season, including Tamino and Agathe.

All performance dates: 12/15/18/20 April 2025

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